Marking-pen.



A. YOUNG.

MARKING PEN.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY- 16, 1912.

' 1,1 1 1,347, Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

THE NORRIS PER-7R5 CO.. PHOmLlTl-IQ, WASHINGTON. D. c.

ANDREW YOUNG, or BUrrAno, NEW YORK.

I To all whom it may concern: 1 I 2 Be it known that I, ANDREW YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Marking-Pens, o f-fwhich thefollowing'is a; specification.

, marking shipping packages, writing signs,

newspaper display writing, and thelikQ-and, has for its object the provision of a pen consisting of a single sheet of metal bent on itself and provided with a broad writing edge and an interposed ink retaining element, the two layers of the penbeing slightly separated. to formgthe ink reservoir, the pen, being adapted tdproduce writing having,

heavy shaded porti0ns,- V

hereinafter and illustrated in the aecom- ,panyifig drawings, in 'which,

Figure 1, a plan view 'olf a pen containing a filler consisting of a sheet of mica, celluloid or similar material; Fig. 2, a plan 'viewofj a pen and attached, handle, one of the side members being broken away to show the ink retaining element interposed. between the two ,members';"Fig. 3, an edge'view of the pen shown in Fig. 2; Figg' l, a cross section onthe line 5,l5-,-of Fig. :2 lookinglin the direction of the arrow; A

w Referring to the drawing, in F ig, "1 ,the'

numeral 22 designates a marking pen made of a single piece of slightly flexible material bent upon itself to provide the body portion 22?, and disposed betweenthe two members of the pen is astrip orqpiece of mica, cellu-.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington. D. G.

The invention relates to pens used for,

The invention aite described in detail I MARKING-PEN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 1914 Application filedJuly 16, 1912. Serial 110.709,?00.

loid, or similar materia121 for holding the ink between thetwo members of thepen.

As shown in Fig. 2, the two parallel members 31"are provided with an angular writing edge 35, the two members beingbent on the line 86 and a pen holder 34: being connected between the two members, the pen holderbeing flattened and secured between the members 31 by means of rivets 82. V

tween the'two members and extends to the end of the writing edge 35. Y

A pen made in accordance with this invention is simple in construction and reliable and efficient in use. p a

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is v v y A marking penvformed from a singlepiece of sheet flexible material, bent upon itself longitudinally to provide two flat, spaced the opposite edge of the pen being closed by the bend, the outlet end of the pen being disposed at an angle to the side and extending entirely across thepen and an ink retaining element or tongue disposed between the two members of the pen, said tongue being of less thickness than the distance between the parallel members of the pen. v

In testimony whereofI aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW YOUNG. Witnesses H. C. CLARK,

ODELL R.

igs. 2, 3V and 4;, a piece of mica celluloid,"or similar material 37 is secured beparallel members having an open edge and an open feeding discharge outlet for the ink, 

